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Year of the Weeds by Siddhartha Sarma is a stunning read guaranteed to keep you on the edge with its smooth pace and simple narration,
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It is 11th Century CE, and India is fragmented and tormented by invasions of Mahmud Ghazni. This is the point where the curtains open to
Rahi Masoom Raza weaves Topi Shukla the way a dastango weaves their dastaan. It gently takes the reader by the hand into the world of Topi,
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